FIRST Robotics Team 4150 “FRobotics” is Franklin Regional Senior High’s very own FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) team. FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) is a global nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting STEM through its four K-12 robotics competitions – FIRST Lego League Jr. (FLL Jr.), FIRST Lego League (FLL), FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC), and the one our team participates in, the FIRST Robotics Competition, or FRC.

The students on our team learn invaluable skills by participating in FRC.

FRC is a real world high school robotics competition where students are given an objective to build a functioning robot that must meet specific requirements while being able to accomplish multiple tasks. We are totally responsible to develop and manage a budget, design and build a robot, while gaining invaluable analytical and leadership skills related to engineering, software development, and business.

For further information on FIRST® and FRC®, check out the FRC Penultimate Manual here.

FRobotics is open to anyone and everyone in FRHS. No matter what you can or cannot do, you are a valuable member of the team.

Organization and Communication

Our team is divided into subteams, each of which do different tasks. Each subteam is essential to the functioning of FRobotics as a whole.

Team Support and Communications – Manages the team’s communications, public relations, branding, and administration.

Communication

Outreach

Relations

Team Development

Technology

Awards and Media/Branding

Robot Build and Design – Actually designs and builds the robot.

Build

Wiring

Programming

CAD

Safety

Strategy and Scouting

Sponsors and Finance – Gets money for us to build the robot and run the team.

Fundraising

Marketing

Finance

Expectations of Team Members

We expect that all team members are active within the team and helping out to the best of their ability.

We expect you to participate on the team – You signed up for it and agreed to make the time commitment.

We will be holding fundraising and outreach events – you will be expected to attend most if you can.

You will also be expected to attend at least 60% of all team meetings and/or team training sessions.

You must be an active member (attend meetings, workshop, training and contribute) to be allowed to attend competition.